Word: reagan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mention Reagan as a presidential possibility. But the first 100 days of his administration show confusion, ineptness, destructive programs, and a disregard for the welfare of the people. He and his advisers, wealthy reactionaries, have placed the dollar above human rights, offered nothing creative or constructive. If good looks, a nice smile and a mouthful of beautiful teeth are the requisites for the presidency, he has all the qualifications...
...collector's take. Most taxpayers also approve of withholding as a relatively painless way of parting with their pelf. Only a non-politician of rare courage or naiveté-or both-would dare challenge it. Sure enough, a non-politician par excellence, California's Governor Ronald Reagan, did precisely that last week as he marked the end of his first 100 days in office with a televised state-of-the-state message...
...Reagan plans a 65% increase in overall state income tax collections-along with boosts in general sales, whisky, cigarette and franchise taxes-to raise the $946 million needed to balance his record $5.06 billion budget. He concedes that withholding, in addition to easing the pain of that wallop, would bring him a number of economic advantages. There would be a "one-shot" windfall because Californians would, in effect, be paying next year's taxes in advance. There might also be a "recurring windfall" of some $20 million a year from citizens-mostly from "those least able to afford...
...Sugar. Depite these potential profits, said Reagan, "I am opposed to the state using such a method to obtain revenue. I reject the idea that the state might take advantage of its citizens or that it should operate its finances on the one-shot windfall theory or that the average man will cheat his government...
Though both Democratic and Republican assembly leaders have strongly urged the withholding system, Reagan insists that he would approve the plan only if "they held a hot iron to my feet, and I was bound hand and foot." Faced with an almost certain veto, proponents are beginning to back down. "I don't intend to force it down his throat," says Democratic Speaker Jesse Unruh, who is puzzled nonetheless by Reagan's opposition to a system that most politicians regard as means of sugar-coating higher taxes. Warns Unruh: "I think the Governor may find, when he doubles...